Just before 8:30 a.m., traffic was slowing down in the left lane of southbound I-81, when a motorcycle hit a car from behind, police said.

The 45-year-old driver of the 2001 Suzuki motorcycle, who is from North Syracuse, was transported from the crash to Upstate University Hospital with abdominal pain. Sgt. Gary Bulinski said in a press release that he was taken as a precautionary measure.

The driver was ticketed with following too closely and no proof of insurance and will appear in Syracuse traffic court to answer the charges.

The driver and sole occupant of the 2013 Honda Accord that was struck by the motorcycle was a 50-year-old man, police said. He was transported to Upstate University Hospital for a minor arm injury, Bulinski said.

Both vehicles were towed from the scene. Some lanes of the highway were shut down near the crash scene until the vehicles were cleared from the road, Bulinski said.